Credit Facilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

CREDIT FACILITIES

As of December 31, 2014, we have unsecured committed credit facilities with two banks. On September 15, 2014, we entered into an amendment to our existing credit agreements with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The amended agreement includes a $175.0 million credit facility which will expire on May 31, 2016 and a $75.0 million term commitment with principal due and payable on September 15, 2019. We borrowed $75.0 million under the term note, and repaid the $40.0 million that was outstanding under the credit facility on September 15, 2014. We also have a $75.0 million credit facility with BMO Harris Bank N.A. which will expire on May 31, 2017. Borrowings under these credit facilities and term note bear variable interest (0.76% at December 31, 2014) based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), with interest on the five-year term note effectively fixed at 2.5% with an interest rate swap agreement.

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, we had $75.0 million and $40.0 million outstanding under these credit facilities with banks, respectively. The $325.0 million of credit available under these facilities is further reduced by $32.7 million in stand-by letters of credit under which we are obligated. Each of the debt agreements includes, among other things, two financial covenants requiring us (i) not to exceed a maximum ratio of total debt to total capitalization and (ii) not to exceed a maximum ratio of total funded debt to earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (as such terms are defined in each credit facility). At December 31, 2014, we were in compliance with these covenants.

At December 31, 2014, the aggregate future maturities of long-term debt by year are as follows (in thousands):



2015	$	—
2016	—
2017	—
2018	—
2019	75,000
Total	$	75,000

The carrying amounts of our long-term debt approximate fair value due to the duration of the notes and the variable interest rates.

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The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants.

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